robthehand

Definitely Unbreakable for film. The only one that I thoroughly enjoyed. Not sure about score, I haven't heard any of them outside the film apart from Unbreakable (which I really like).

Love both of those. Make sure and see the Ealing Ladykillers if you haven't already.

indy4, that's not a spoiler. What Joe mentioned happens in the first scene of Citizen Kane. The mystery is what "rosebud" means, not the fact that he said it.

Yes but what do the neighbours think? Looks very nice, though. I'd love to see/hear something like Master and Commander on that.

The Living Daylights is perfectly OK - not great, but good, with a strong performance from Dalton. Certainly not among the worst of the series, though it's a bit forgettable.

Die Another Day is indeed a terrible film, but not as boring as A View to a Kill. That's still the worst one IMO.

indy4, yours might be a bit more difficult if you didn't put the film title in the file name.

Correct.

Morlock -- is it The Lookout? If so...

Hmm, I'll have to see the details of what's on it. The Superman III score has some good moments, and of course the first score is great, but $120 + international shipping + import duty seems an awful lot. I'll probably end up getting it at some point though, if it doesn't sell out.

Quantum of Solace is one of the five Ian Fleming short stories that make up the collection For Your Eyes Only. It's not really like any of the other Bond stories, and I suspect the film won't be following it very closely, if at all.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: I haven't read the novel, but the plot here was so complicated it almost gave me a headache. I liked the performances (especially Richard Burton) and look of the film, though. I'll need to see it again. The Third Man: One of my absolute favourites, probably top 10 or even top 5. I've lost count of how many times I've seen it. Technically no film is "perfect" but this comes pretty close. I can't think of a single thing I don't like about it, and it gets better each time I see it. And maybe my favourite ending of any movie. The new 2-disc Criterion DVD is fantastic quality-wise, and the extras look interesting, though I haven't had a chance to look through them fully yet.

Consider it dropped. My Screen Archives order showed up yesterday containing: Mysterious Island, High Noon, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Bullitt, Gosford Park and the Varese re-recording of Out of Africa. Pleased with them, though I haven't had a chance to listen to much so far (I've been too busy with Alien ).

Cutthroat Island?

The least you could have done was to contact BSX to explain what had happened. That would have taken about five minutes and wouldn't have cost you anything, and would have avoided an unnecessary problem between BSX and the buyer. I guess that was too much effort?

There's some good stuff in there, I've skimmed through them, but I can't imagine listening to one all the way through.

Hmm, never heard of that one. The director, Alexander Mackendrick, did the original (Ealing) Ladykillers, which I absolutely love, so I might check it out. Alien: I love this film, gets better every time I see it. The second half is genuinely thrilling and scary, while the first half sensibly takes its time to develop the characters. And what great characters! Superbly written and perfectly performed. Stunning visuals and sound, and that score... despite being chopped to pieces, it's still enormously effective. - Rob, seeing Mystic River for the first time later on tonight, and looking forward to it

All the Omen scores are essential albums IMO. Assuming they're the Deluxe Editions.

Dr. Strangelove: Love it. Never gets old, no matter how many times I watch it. Peter Sellers is great, but George C. Scott is just as good, often even funnier. I love Sterling Hayden here, as well. Gladiator: Not a great film by any means, and certainly not a masterpiece as some have claimed, but decent entertainment. I can watch it once every couple of years. The script is messy, but the cast is what makes it work, and they really are great (particularly Reed and Harris). Phoenix seems a bit out of his depth, and isn't really that convincing. I really don't like the score at all. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: One of my favourite movies. I mean "favourite" as opposed to "best" - it's flawed, but the good bits are so good that for me they completely cancel out the all too frequent moments where it gets a bit too preachy. Nicholson and Fletcher are great (though for my money Jack should have won the Oscar the previous year for Chinatown, and the 1975 award should have gone to Pacino for Dog Day Afternoon), but the supporting cast - William Redfield, Sydney Lassick, Will Sampson and particualrly Brad Dourif - are even more impressive. Oliver Twist (1948): Wonderful! I'd never seen it before. Marvellous performances, especially from Robert Newton and Kay Walsh, and of course Alec Guinness (though whoever did the makeup was a bit overzealous with Guinness' nose). John Howard Davies was good in the title role, as was Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger. All the cast were good, actually. Francis L. Sullivan was hilarious as Mr. Bumble. Interesting that a lot of the sets and costumes were almost identical in the later musical version - I wonder whether Dickens described them very specifically in the book, or whether Reed's film borrowed a lot from Lean's? Nancy's death was extremely well-handled and genuinely scary. Excellent film, I'll almost certainly buy the Criterion Collection DVD (the R2 DVD I rented has a rather poor transfer). Gosford Park: One of my favourite films of this decade. I wasn't mad keen on it the first time (mostly because I was expecting a straight-foward murder mystery), but second time around when I knew what was going on I liked it a lot more. Now, probably my fifth or sixth time, I can't really find any fault in it at all.

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Me too! Though all I got so far was two Tommys - the DVD of the movie, and the SA-CD of the original album. Also bought since Christmas (from elsewhere): King Kong (1933) Frankenstein, The Legacy Collection Oliver Twist (David Lean version) Blade Runner, Ultimate Collector's Edition A Clockwork Orange Get Carter All the President's Men The Silence of the Lambs Witness The Aviator This Sporting Life Extras, Series 2 Zodiac Forbidden Planet Phew. That plugged a few gaps in my collection, anyway.

Details on the re-pressing here.

This. If I remember correctly though, it was subsequently re-pressed with a different catalog number.

Hitch is correct.

If you're including end credits (since this film doesn't have an opening credits sequence) I'll say West Side Story, with the credits painted/chalked on the wall.